ἀσυλία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[inviolability]], i.e., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[safety to the person]], of suppliants, ἀ. βροτῶν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>610</span>; of competitors at games, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Arat.</span>28</span>; in Inscrr., as a privilege bestowed on one who has deserved well of the state, εἶμεν δὲ αὐτῷ ἀτέλειαν καὶ ἀ. καὶ κατὰ γᾶν καὶ κατὰ θάλασσαν <span class="title">IG</span>7.11 (Megara), cf. 2.551.80, 5(1).1226 (Lacon.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[sanctity]], [[inviolability]] of character, ἀ. ἱερέως <span class="bibl">D.H.11.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of a place of refuge, [[right of sanctuary]], <span class="bibl">Plb.4.74.2</span>; ἀσυλίαν παρέχειν Plu. 2.828d; freq. in Inscrr., ἀ. πόλεως καὶ χώρας <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).1341 (Paros), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[exemption from contributions]], <span class="bibl">Ph.2.250</span>.</span>